[PLUG] Stupid newbie file permisions question

[Vram]

John Jason Jordan wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 21:25 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
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>>>I tried everything, but can't figure out how to give myself permission
>>>to see those files in the Nautilus file manager window. I typed su and
>>>my password in a command line, but Nautilus remains unimpressed.
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>>su only affects the shell you're currently in, not the desktop environment.
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>How do I make it affect the desktop environment?
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>>>OK, in Windows I am user jjj, but I am also the Administrator account.
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>>Which is just as bad as running as root, since Administrator gives you the
>>same privleges as root in that environment.  You shouldn't run as
>>administrator.
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>>>During Windows 2000 installation it creates the Administrator account
>>>and you have to create a password for it. Then you can create a user
>>>account to use for ordinary daily work. But when I created the jjj
>>>account I gave it administrator privileges. Now jjj can do anything on
>>>that machine that Administrator can do.
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>>Congratulations, you've created a second root account and you're logging in as
>>root.  Setting up a second account to do daily stuff in with administrator
>>privleges negates any and all security benefit gained by setting up a user
>>account.  (And people wonder why Windows users spread so many viruses...)
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>I started with Windows twelve years ago with a new Windows NT 3.1
>computer. I have always given my user account full administrator
>privileges. I have also also always had an internet connection, although
>with cable only for the past three years. I have NEVER had a virus, worm
>or other nasty. Mind you my computers are behind a router and firewall.
>And I do not use Microsoft products other than the OS -- no Outlook,
>Internet Explorer, etc.
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>>>On this Linux machine I am root and I am also jjj. I just spent the past
>>>hour and a half reading about ACLs, but none of it made any sense to me.
>>>Plus finals are coming up in three weeks and I'm running out of time.
>>>How can I give jjj permanent root permission?
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>>DONT!
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>OK, just tell me how to make the Nautilus file manager let me see and
>manipulate the files on my disks. I just can't use this computer if I
>can't see all the files on it. This is a standalone computer, not a
>workstation in a mega corporate setting. It's not like there's a system
>administrator I can call up to fix something for me. The system
>administrator is me.
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